OVERVIEW:

BORN:
May 12, 1809
Boston, Massachusetts

DIED:
November 16, 1894 (age 85)
Boston, Massachusetts

EDUCATION:
Harvard University (BA, 1828),
Studied law with Daniel Webster

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig

HIGHLIGHTS:
1831:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Boston, Massachusetts
1835-1840:
Member, Mass. House of Representatives
1838-1840:
Speaker, Mass. House of Representatives
1840-1845:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Elected as a Whig from Massachusetts
1847-1849:
Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives
1850-1851:
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
1852:
Unsuccessful Whig Candidate for Governor of Massachusetts

RESOURCES:
U.S. House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
Memoir of Robert C. Winthrop 
Wikipedia

PORTRAIT: